Middle Child by Annie Muir Scott Tyrrell whether in the mind or

whether in the mind or the natural world

Lorraine Mariner

Sometimes we arrive right on time to catch the euphoria

showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best

Middle Child by Annie Muir Scott Tyrrell whether in the mind orMiddle Child by Annie Muir is a book of sharp, funny, quietly brutal recognitions, where the everyday turns uncanny and the self keeps slipping between roles, versions, and borrowed scripts. Through poems that riff on Frankenstein, pop culture, pub lore, found images and borrowed forms, Muir writes the middle child's sensibility as a kind of heightened surveillance, noticing how bodies are appraised, threatened, desired, marketed, and made to perform.